Undelete a file

[chirag]

Is there any way to retrive permanently delelted files
from XP Professional OS. MS-DOS has undelete utility...
Is there any similar utility on XP Professional? Thanks
in advance.

 

[Mike Mulligan]

If you are certain that a file has been "permanently" deleted and
overwritten, the only possibility of recovery is to engage a company who
does data recovery, and be prepared to spend big bucks. This was equally
true under MS-DOS.

Mike Mulligan

 

[Ken Blake]

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Is there any way to retrive permanently delelted files
from XP Professional OS. MS-DOS has undelete utility...
Is there any similar utility on XP Professional? Thanks
in advance.

"Deleting" a file doesn't actually delete it; it just marks the space as available to be used. There are third-party programs that can sometimes recover deleted files. The problem is that the space used by the file is likely to become overwritten very quickly, and this makes the file unrecoverable.

So your chances of successfully recovering this file is decent if you try recovering it immediately after deleting it, and rapidly go downhill from there. If you've been using the computer since then (for example to write this question and read this answer), your chances are probably very poor by now.

But if the file is important enough, it's worth a try anyway. Stop using the computer in question immediately, if you haven't done so already. Download an undelete program on a friend's computer and bring it yours on a floppy to try.

If this fails, your only other recourse is to take the drive to a professional file recovery company. This kind of service is *very* expensive and may or may not work in your case.

 

[Malke]

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"Deleting" a file doesn't actually delete it; it just marks the space
as available to be used. There are third-party programs that can
sometimes recover deleted files. The problem is that the space used by
the file is likely to become overwritten very quickly, and this makes
the file unrecoverable.

So your chances of successfully recovering this file is decent if you
try recovering it immediately after deleting it, and rapidly go
downhill from there. If you've been using the computer since then (for
example to write this question and read this answer), your chances are
probably very poor by now.

But if the file is important enough, it's worth a try anyway. Stop
using the computer in question immediately, if you haven't done so
already. Download an undelete program on a friend's computer and bring
it yours on a floppy to try.

If this fails, your only other recourse is to take the drive to a
professional file recovery company. This kind of service is *very*
expensive and may or may not work in your case.

www.drivesavers.com - I don't work for them, I'm just impressed.

Malke